1001 stambomen » Elsje Gosschalk (1897-1942)

Day of marriage March 28, 1923

• The temperature on March 28, 1923 was between 4.7 °C and 16.9 °C and averaged 10.3 °C. There was 3.8 hours of sunshine (30%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1923: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.1 million citizens.
  • February 15 » Greece becomes the last European country to adopt the Gregorian calendar.
  • March 20 » The Arts Club of Chicago hosts the opening of Pablo Picasso's first United States showing, entitled Original Drawings by Pablo Picasso, becoming an early proponent of modern art in the United States.
  • May 26 » The first 24 Hours of Le Mans was held and has since been run annually in June.
  • August 18 » First British Track and Field championships for women, London.
  • August 23 » Captain Lowell Smith and Lieutenant John P. Richter performed the first mid-air refueling on De Havilland DH-4B, setting an endurance flight record of 37 hours.
  • September 29 » The French Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon takes effect.

Day of death October 19, 1942

• The temperature on October 19, 1942 was between 8.7 °C and 14.1 °C and averaged 11.4 °C. There was 3.1 mm of rain during 5.2 hours. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1942: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.0 million citizens.
  • June 28 » World War II: Nazi Germany starts its strategic summer offensive against the Soviet Union, codenamed Case Blue.
  • July 10 » World War II: An American pilot spots a downed, intact Mitsubishi A6M Zero on Akutan Island (the "Akutan Zero") that the US Navy uses to learn the aircraft's flight characteristics.
  • July 22 » The United States government begins compulsory civilian gasoline rationing due to the wartime demands.
  • July 27 » World War II: Allied forces successfully halt the final Axis advance into Egypt.
  • August 17 » World War II: U.S. Marines raid the Japanese-held Pacific island of Makin.
  • November 13 » World War II: Naval Battle of Guadalcanal: U.S. and Japanese ships engage in an intense, close-quarters surface naval engagement during the Guadalcanal Campaign.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1936 » Lu Xun, Chinese author and critic (b. 1881)
• 1937 » Ernest Rutherford, New Zealand-English physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1871)
• 1943 » Camille Claudel, French sculptor and illustrator (b. 1864)
• 1944 » Dénes Kőnig, Hungarian mathematician (b. 1884)
• 1945 » N. C. Wyeth, American painter and illustrator (b. 1882)
• 1945 » Plutarco Elías Calles, Mexican general and politician, 40th President of Mexico (b. 1877)